Brake-shoe.



J'. E. OSMER. BRAKE SHOE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.18, 1000.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

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BRAKE-SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

Application filed August 18, 1909. Serial 110,513,376.

4 To all whom itlma'y concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN E. Osman, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Chicage, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brake-Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brake shoes of the typewhereinthe cast-metal body is provided with a reinforcing of steel, Wrought iron, or other suitable material.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a reinfdrcin of such form as will obviate the necessity for cutting or punching the reinforcing at or near the attaching lug, such cutting or punching having a tendency to cause incipient fractures and thus weaken the reinforcing.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved reinforcing for a flange brake shoe.

The invention also relates to the other features of improvement in brake shoes, herein set forth. i

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an edge view of a brake shoe embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear side View of said shoe. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the reinforcing for said shoe. Figs. 4' and 5 are sections on lines 4 l and 5 5, res )ectively of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is an edge view 0 a flange brake shoe embodying my I invent-ion. Fig. 7 is a rear side view of said shoe. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of thereinforcing tor said shoe. Figs. 9 and 10 are transverse sectional views taken in the planes of dotted lines 9-9 and 10 10, respectively, of Fig. 6.

The shoe illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 is rovided' with metallic niembers embedded 1D. the body of the shoe and the attachiiig lug during the casting operation for the purpose of reinforcing the body and said lug, and in order to hold the parts together in case the cast-metal body should break. in the form herein shown, said reinforcing members consist of two substantially similar strips 1 extending longitudinally of the shoe and in substantially parallel relation with each other, and embedded in the cast metal at or near the rear side of the shoe, Upon the ends of the members 1 may be formed v angular lugs which are'embedded in the cast-metal, and which serve to secure together the reinforcing and the cast-metal. In the members 1 are formed shallow bends 1 into which the gray iron flows during the casting opcratiml, out which serve to further secure together the reinforcing and the cast metal. It will be seen that these ,bends tend to prevent movement. ofa broken fragment of the cast body longitudinally of the members 1.

Themembcrs 1 may be formed of steel, commercial band iron, or other suitable material. The middle portions of the members 1 are bent to form outwardly extending loops'3. A cross-bar 4- of steel, iron, or other suitable material extends transversely 'of the loops '3 and lies within said 100 s, the ends 5 of the cross-bar being bent to lie at the outer sides of the loops. The loops 3 and the portions of thebar 4 lying immediately below said loo s are embedded in the cast metal forming the attaching log, the s ace between said loops and below the middle of the cross-bar 4 be *ing left open, as shown in Fig. 4, to receive the key by means of which the shoe is at.- tached to the brake head. It will be seen that theconstruction just described provides a very strong attaching lug. The members 1 1 and 4 have no openings punched therethrough, but, on the contrary, are bent .into proper shape eflectively to reinforce the attachin lug.' H

In t e flange shoe shown inFigs. (Sand 7 ,the reinforcing members 1 are substantially similar to those shown in Figs. 1, 2

and 3. In order to strengthen .-the flange portion of the shoe body the crossbari is provided at one end with a bent portion 6 of suitable-sizeand curvature for embedment in the flange portion of the shoev at or near ,the rear side of said 'flange portion. The portions of the flange at either side of the attaching lugare reinforced by a suitablenumber of cross-bars 7 lyin in shallow bends Sin the members 1 and having at one end extensions 9 of suitable size and curvature to lie within the flange portion. The ends of the bars 4 and 7 opposite to the curved portions 6 and 9 have terminal flanges 10..

In making t-heshoes herein shown, the reinforcing members are. preferably coated with a flux which causes them'to unite with the cast metal. Preferably the loops 3 are not. submerged in tle cast metal, as such submergence tends t crystallize the-metal of the lob s, thus we lzenmg the lug.

It will e seen tha the reinforcing herein 110 described is very siynple, may" be readily formed from comme eial band iron or other relatively inexpensive material, and efficiently reinforces the body of the shoe and its flange and attaching lug.

I claim as my invention:.

1. A brake shoe having embedded therein two longitudinally extending reinforcing members, the middle portions of said members being bent to provide loops which are embedded in the attaching lug of the shoe,

and a transversely extending reinforcing member lying within the outer portions of said loops. the ends of said transversely extending member being bent to lie at the outer sides of said loops to prevent said transversely extending member from being pulled out of the attaching lug. I

2. A brake shoe having embedded therein two longitudinally extending parallel rein-i open space being provided beneath the middle portion of said bar for the reception of a key, the'ends of said transversely extending bar being bent to lie at the outer sides of said loops to prevent said transverselyextending bar from being pulled out of the attachin lug.

3. A flange brake shoe having embedded therein two longitudinally extending reinforcing members, the middle portions of said members being bent to provide loops which are embedded in the attaching lug of the shoe, and a transverse reinforcing member lying within said loop a'nd partially embedded in the cast metal, said transversely extending member having at one end a curved extension which is embedded Within and reinforces the flange portion of the shoe.

4. A flange brake shoe having embedded therein two longitudinally extending reinforcingmembers, the middle portions of said niembers being bent to provide loops which are embedded in the attaching lug of the shoe, a transverse reinforcing member lying within said loop, and partially -embedded in the cast metal, said transversely extending member having at one end a curved extension which is embedded Within and reinf rces the flange portion ofthe shoe, and a plurality of transverse members lying within bends formed in said longitudinally extending members, the last mentioned transversely extending members having at one end curved extensions which are embedded within and reinforce the flange portion of the shoe. i

5. A flange brake shoe havingLembedded therein two longitudinally extending re-' inforcing strips, the middle portions of said members being bent to provide outwardly extending loops which are embedded in the attaching lug of the shoe, a transverse reinforcing bar lying within said loops and embedded in the cast metal, said trans- Versely extending bar having at one end a curved extension which is embedded within and reinforces the flange portion of the shoe,

and a plurality of transverse bars lyingwithin shallow bends formed in said longitudlnally extending strlps and having at one end curved extensions which are embedded within and reinforce the flange portion of' the shoe.

6. A brake shoe having embedded therein two longitudinally extending reinforcing strips, the middle portions of said strips being bent to provide outwardly extending loops which are embedded in the attaching lug of the shoe, and a transversely extending reinforcing member lying within the outer portions of said loops, said strips being bent' at points intermediate their ends and said loops, to form shallow recesses vilhich are filled with the cast metal of the s oe.

JOHN E. OSMER. 

